Country - India

Aar-Paar. Kalu Birju (Guru Dutt) is a former prisoner, in jail for reckless driving but out early for good behavior, trying to make a fresh start. On the one hand, there is his job at a garage and his romance with... » MORE

Ab Kya Hoga. Ram (Shatrughan Sinha) is a highly successful businessman with an international company (at least we assume as much, given his luxurious mansion and his awesome office with a map of the world behind it). A trip to his friend Rajesh's... » MORE

Agneepath. Every upright man must at one time walk the path of fire. That is agneepath. The path of fire. Agneepath. AGNEEPATH! The path of fire cuts a swath through the friends, family, and entire ancestral village of Amitabh Bachchan in... » MORE

Amar. Ahhh, the idyllic village life! Sweet, childish milkmaid Sonia (Nimmi) wakes up with pleasure and takes care of the animals, joyful yet lamenting that her stepmother always beats her -- she even dreams of beating her while she sleeps! ("That's... » MORE

Amar Akbar Anthony. The all time, immortal classic about three children separated from their family and from each other, filled with the biggest stars of the era, and topped off with a sparkling soundtrack of hummable hits. Add three hundred heaping spoonfuls of... » MORE

Awaargi. Azaad (Anil Kapoor) is a petty thug a "goonda", his dad, head of a gang. But then he rescues Seema (Meenakshi), a village girl, from the local pimp and promises to make her a singing superstar. She loves him gratefully,... » MORE

Bandhan. Rajesh Khanna -- the name is like a thunderclap in Bollywood cinema. He rose to superstardom in 1969, but had all but faded by 1972 -- a blink of an eye compared to the decades long reign of many other... » MORE

Benaam Badsha. Anil Kapoor is the "Boss," a bad ass son of a bitch who terrorizes his neighborhood and doesn't give anything a damn. Juhi Chawla is Jyoti, a beautiful girl that moves into the neighborhood, supposedly to get material for her... » MORE

Boom. Three models get caught up with the underworld and are forced to steal diamonds for them. But they've got plans of their own, which mostly involve showing lots of cleavage. They also drink, smoke opium, and rob a bank. Demonstrating... » MORE

China Town. CHINA TOWN opens like any number of "Yellow Peril" Hollywood B-movies from the 30's: The classic "Oriental Riff" kicks off while the opening credits appear like chopsticks. Sometimes I wonder if movies are set in Chinatown just to enable a... » MORE

Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets. Who is Kaiser Sosei? Er, no wait, this time it's "who is Murtaza Arzai?" But really, now, we're just quibbling on details. This is the kind of recycled garbage that writers about Indian cinema always point to to underscore their... » MORE

D. "D" is for Deshu, son of a cop, who rises up the ranks in the Bombay underground to become a kingpin of crime. 'D' is also a sequel to COMPANY (if Company were 'C', the opening voiceover helpfully explains), in... » MORE

Devdas (1955). "She chose the path of matrimony, and I, of destruction! And a never-ending drama began!" This, in the words of our somber, melancholy, moping, alcoholic protagonist, Devdas, neatly sums up the movie which bears his name. Devdas (Dilip Kumar) is... » MORE

Devi. A modern, big budget "special effects" Indian film about a man who falls in love with a Snake Goddess, and the consequences that ensue. Romance, music, snakes, and really big snakes. ... » MORE

Dil Se. Amar (Shahrukh Khan), a reporter for All India radio, goes on assignment to Kashmir, and on the way falls in love with Meghna (Manisha Koirala), a girl who refuses to open up and rebuffs all his efforts, and may be... » MORE

Ek Se Badhkar Ek. Two brothers, living on the street, separated as children when they run afoul of a thief's scheme, sending the older brother to jail. The younger brother, Shankar (Raaj Kumar), vows that he will always be a thorn in the side... » MORE

Eyes, The. A teacher decides to take his college students on a study trip to the Mountain of Death. It must be an adult education class, some of the cast looks plenty old. They stay at a mansion that one the student... » MORE

Funtoosh. The story of Funtoosh (Dev Anand), a lovable lunatic, released from the asylum a bit too soon. He gets out only to live on the street, and in short order, loses or gives away everything he came out with, his... » MORE

Haiwan. Cannons. A major, waking up in a hospital bed, hallucinating that his nurse is an enemy soldier, attempts to strangle her. A hatred of all women, buring inside him. Opening credits over scenes at the beach. A boy, killing the... » MORE

Humayun (1945). According to the back of the DVD case, Cecille B. DeMille called HUMAYUN a "masterpiece of lighting composition." And I must admit, after watching the production, the lighting really is damn impressive. Some of the sets are breathtakingly beautiful, and... » MORE

Husn aur Ishq. Hiding behind the non-descript title and the poor EROS Entertainment DVD art is a certain story about a magic lamp with a Djinn in it. And no, we're not talking I DREAM OF JEANNIE. It's Aladdin! Sort of. Here, he's... » MORE

Jaani Dost. Insane, utterly insane, and bad, very bad. Everything about this film is far more complicated than necessary -- the back story, the relationships, the heroes, the villains. The cast is heavy with the great camp villains of Bollywood, but unfortunately... » MORE

Janbaaz. A criminal gang of heroin dealers need an infusion of money to set up their next opium crop and distillation laboratory (they're a full service shop!) because Inspector Rajesh destroyed their previous efforts. They ruin a rich gambler and cheat... » MORE

Janwar aka Jaanwar. Everyone's favorite romantic goofball is back for more clever disguises and romantic frolics in Kashmir. Sunder (Shammi Kapoor) is the happy go lucky son of a rich, brutal, autocrat (Prithviraj Kapoor, Shammi's real-life dad). He gets away from home to... » MORE

Jungle Ki Nagin. The Snake Goddess genre hits rock bottom with this regional production. Anjali is a chubby girl who keeps hearing voices and seeing snakes, while her husband Rahul (Amit Pachori), a beefy guy stuffed into an overly tight shirt, tries consoling... » MORE

Khoon Pasina. Ram and Rahim are best friends, just like their fathers, though one family is Hindu and one Muslim, they are inseperable. When the villainous crook Zaalim Singh beats and attempts to kill a man in the middle of their village... » MORE

Kranti. "Freedom was not a present from the British, presented on a silver platter on a warm august night. It was the culmination of a long and bloody struggle spread over centuries..." I'm sorry, Gandhi who? KRANTI means, "Revolution." And this... » MORE

Kyon Ki...it's Fate. Anand (Salman Khan) committed murder but was declared insane and placed in an asylum, where psychologist Dr. Sunil (Jackie Shroff) and Tanvi (Kareena Kapoor) look after him. Anand is a endearingly cute, simpleminded madman, and as it turns out, his... » MORE

Lahu Ke Do Rang. What a find! Suzie Wong meets Bhagat Singh! Hong Kong meets India! This is one of those movies that Indian DVD shops tuck into their 3 for $15 rack, dismissed as a lesser film by a lesser star. But for... » MORE

Loafer. When Ajit Singh (Dharmendra) was a young boy, he was a ruffian and accidentally threw an honest student to his death during a scuffle. He ran away, into the arms of a thief who took him in as his own.... » MORE

Lootmaar. While it is typical for leading men to write, direct, produce, and star in their own movies, in which they behave like superheroes, get the girl, and symbolize the might of India against the world, LOOTMAR's opening takes this to... » MORE

Lucky: No Time for Love. Lucky (newcomer Sneha Ullal, who bears more than a passing resemblance to former Miss World Aishwara Rai) is a seventeen year old student and the daughter of an employee of the Indian Embassy in Russia. She's about to fail her... » MORE

Milap. A story of love through multiple reincarnations, gone slightly wrong. Ravi (Shatrughan Sinha) is a roving, unsatisfied, spoiled rich kid who travels to Nandi Hills where he meets Rani (Reena Roy), the daughter of a snake charmer, and falls in... » MORE

Mother India. A woman leads an utterly crappy and unrewarding life, toiling under the thumb of a cruel and petty moneylender in a village filled with illiterate peasants. It's like the Indian version of GONE WITH THE WIND, in which the we... » MORE

Naag Devi. A Telugu version of Rajkumar Kohli's 1976 film Nagin, from 2002. You might think the film would benefit from the advances in film production in the 26 years that separate the two films, but instead it achieves a quality in... » MORE

Naag Shakti. It's Snake Goddess v. Vulture God, battling over the soul of a man whose kiss is poison. And, there's a talking parrot. ... » MORE

Nagin. Two Snake Spirits are about to consummate their love in human form when some idiot shoots the male snake (Jeetendra). The female snake (Reena Roy), deprived of a good shag, vows revenge on the people who killed her lover. It's... » MORE

Nagin (1954). Nagin is the tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers. If you expect one to be a Montague, the other, a Capulet, well, you're not far off. And if you like Shakespeare, especially Romeo and Juliet, but feel it really could... » MORE

Nastik. What does it take to turn a good Hindu boy, a priest's son, into an athiest ("nastik")? How about the landlord's son stealing your Krishna idol, and blaming it on you and your devout father, whom he has already stabbed... » MORE

Periya Idathu Penn. A question: Let's say that you are a villager, living with your sister, who takes care of you because she is now a widower. You fancy one of the village girls, but so does the landlord's son. You propose marriage,... » MORE

Pyaar Mein Twist. Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia made one of the great romantic movies together, all the way back in 1973, in Rishi's dad's (the famous Raj Kapoor) movie BOBBY. It was a smash debut for both of them. Dimple was a... » MORE

Pyaasi Nagin. A complete rip off of the classic 1976 film Nagin. While it isn't quite scene-for-scene, a la Gus Van Sant's PSYCHO, it is pretty damn close. As if pretending otherwise, the movie opens with a disclaimer that "All the characters... » MORE

Saagar. A small fishing village. Mona (Dimple Kapadia) helps her father run the local pub. Her childhood friend Raja (Kamal Hassan) is the best fisherman in the village. He loves her, but to her they're just friends. Enter Ravi (Rishi Kapoor),... » MORE

Sai Teri Maya. A devotional film praising the strength of Sai Baba and celebrating his glory, though you'd have to be pretty devout to overlook the flaws of this slow-moving, silly film that advertises itself as having "a lot of computer graphic scenes".... » MORE

Sajan. SAJAN spends its first hour as a fairly typical Bollywood romance, then ends up a whodunnit in which a police inspector tries to untangle a murder that somehow manages to incriminate the entire cast. Rajni (Asha Perekh) is a young,... » MORE

Sangram. When Raje (Ashok Kumar) was born, his mother passed away, leaving his father, a police inspector, to raise him on his own. And he did, and spoiled him so thoroughly that he became something of a neighborhood scoundrel, even going... » MORE

Shaheed. The film begins with a small disclaimer: "Every care has been taken in this film to present the heroic struggle and personality of the famous revolutionary Shaheed Bhagat Singh and other leaders of the moment associated with him like Chandra... » MORE

Sholay. When SHOLAY was released in 1975, it broke box office records, and even today, if you adjust for inflation, it is the biggest box office earner of all time. It is the movie that launched Amitabh Bachchan's career into orbit... » MORE

Suhaag. Nirupa Roy is the archetypical long-suffering mother, deified by her children, in countless movies. She reprises her role once again here. She has given birth to twins, but the wicked father (Amjad Khan) won't even recognize them as his own.... » MORE

Tajmahal. Indian DVDs are always full of surprises. This one delivered a subtitle-drop smackdown, after two hours of watching the grainy, washed out, scratched, occasionally green picture in desperate need of restoration, and following poorly timed subtitles that drifted as far... » MORE

Upkar. Manoj Kumar wrote, directed, and starred in a series of films about a character named Bharat, a true Hindustani patriot. The movies don't feature the same character, mind you, just the same name and the same spirit, transplanted in space... » MORE

Woh Kaun Thi?. An Indian ghost story in the Scooby Doo mode. Dr. Anand (Manoj Kumar) is about to get a huge inheritance, if he is sane. Naturally, at about that time, he meets a ghost (Sadhana), his fiance (Helen) is murdered, and... » MORE

Yaadgar. In his patriotic films, Manoj Kumar has always walked that fine line between righteousness and being a self-righteous prick. He firmly camps in the latter category here, as Bhanu, a representative of the working class who spends his free time... » MORE

Yakeen. Dharmendra stars as Rajesh, working on a top secret formula for the Indian government. He cons a month leave after the experiment blows a fuse, and spends his time wooing lovely Rite (Sharmila Tagore). He's determined to get married but... » MORE

Zeher. Cop Siddharth (Emraan Hashmi) is not quite himself ever since his wife Sonia (Shamita Shetty) got fed up with being a housewife, had an abortion, and left him to start working again. He aimlessly despairs until he meets Anna (Udita... » MORE